A few of the artists that I watch on DeviantART are doing $10 sketch commissions. Which I think is a brilliant idea. They're doing 100 sketches, which is a bit much for me. So, I'm doing just 10. They're doing just a simple sketch, nothing fancy, but still finished looking. But I want to do my own spin on it. Basically, you commission me to draw a single character for you. Any character, refs may be required. I draw it in my style and my way. I'll sketch the image, scan then color it up for ya so it's all nice and finished, then either print (on card/parchment stock) and ship to you or send via e-mail. S&H charges will be additional. Payments must be through Paypal to gillianivy@mchsi.com. I figure this will be a great way for me to get back into drawing and make a few extra ducketts. (See my Blogger for payment info)

Check out the other artists offering this commission:


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In addition, I plan to do "Artists Trading Cards". An idea I had from Strathmore paper, which sells trading card sized paper stocks and suggests artists log on to their site to trade with other artists. You don't need special paper or anything, just cut a piece of your favorite medium to 2 ½" x 3 ½", which will fit in the standard baseball card/trading card plastic sleeves. Your art doesn't have to be flat, you can add adornments so long as it still fits neatly inside a card sleeve. Here are some links to other artists/programs which are participating in this free, anyone can enter trade.

• "ATC" - Artist Trading Cards by creator M. Vänci Stirnemann
• Art in Your Pocket
• Artist Trading Cards Yahoo!Groups
• ATC's For All
• Ed's ATC's
• Suite101.com
• EBSQ Online Art Magazine
• ArtJunction.org
• Art E-Zine

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• Wikipedia Entry

And that's just page one on a Google search! There have been publications of these collections, which I saw are available at Amazon.com. This is a great way to connect with other artists and to enjoy some art. Also a great form of practice for those of us who haven't been drawing much as of late and are eager for artistic inspirations. Working on a small scale is the perfect way to do just that.